Deputies: Intoxicated Evansville driver had two young children in vehicle with her

EVANSVILLE - An Evansville woman accused of drunken driving had two young children in her vehicle with her when authorities stopped it Monday afternoon, according to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office.

Amber N. Jesop, 33, faces preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and neglect of a dependent after a test showed her blood-alcohol level was 0.22 percent, which is almost three times the legal limit.

According to the sheriff's office news release, deputies stopped Jesop's GMC Yukon on U.S. 41 near the intersection of Petersburg Road at about 5:45 p.m. Just minutes earlier, a 911 caller told dispatchers that the vehicle had struck a brick wall at the entrance of Huntington Place Subdivision, which is on North Green River Road. The caller reportedly told dispatchers that the vehicle "was all over the road."

The two children who were with Jesop at the time of her arrest are 7 and 4 years old, according to the news release. They were released to their father, according to the sheriff's office. Jesop is being held without bond at the Vanderburgh County Jail, according to jail records.